WHO WE ARe
Safe Place Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to providing food, shelter, education, resources, and life-skills training to youth and community members. Safe Place's mission started with $50 and the desire to meet the needs of the community during the Covid-19 Pandemic. We realized that so many people were out of work and confined to their homes, struggling to provide for their families. Our founder, SaPerior Patton, felt a calling to prepare and deliver hot meals to those who needed them. Since 2020, Safe Place Foundation, Inc. has delivered over 15,000 meals, aided in securing permanent housing for homeless families, supplied hotel rooms for those in need of temporary housing, and provided resources to countless members of the community.
OUr FOunder
SaPerior Patton is an advocate, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. The Starkville, MS native is a graduate of Mississippi State University, with a concentration in Sociology. SaPerior is the founder of Safe Place Foundation, Inc. & serves on the board of the non-profit organization as President. She has over 17 years of experience in working with at-risk youth, and she is passionate about bringing change to her community. At the beginning of the pandemic, she launched the Earth Angels outreach program. Through this program she has helped to assist in finding immediate and permanent shelter for the homeless, provided roughly 15,000 free meals to those in need, and so much more. She was the recipient for Modern Woodmen’s “Hometown Hero” award in 2020 as recognition for her hard work & dedication to helping the less fortunate. She was recently awarded the “Key to The Community Award” by the Business Empowered International - Mississippi Chamber of Commerce. Her next goal is to open a therapeutic group home for homeless children. Through her mission, she continues to be a voice for the voiceless and strives to provide resources & change for the less fortunate.
